Army Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel
tommy23, of Florida
was assigned to the 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort Carson, Colo.; killed Jan. 8 while on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed during a Medevac mission in Fallujah, Iraq.
The son of Navy man Brice Manuel, he attended high Clay High School near Green Cove Springs, Fla., near Jacksonville, and loved playing lunchtime volleyball games against the teachers.
“Ian was what we affectionately refer to as a gym rat,” said Clay Principal Pete McCabe.
Manuel is buried at Arlington.
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May 10th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by
standing in awe of death.
- David Sarnoff